Article-stand



M COHEN.

ARTICLE SJAND. APPLICATION'FILED DEC. 8. I9I7.

Patented Jan. 13, [920.

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7 MAX coHEn, or REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS. I

ARTICLE-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 13, I

Application filed December 8, 1917. Serial No. 206,133.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MA COHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Revere, in the county offSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new'and useful Im provements in Article-Stands, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention is an article stand or holder embodying such a construction as will accommodate and maintain a shoe cleaning brush and will receive and support umbrellas, canes, or the like. The stand 1s adapted to be installed on a horizontal support, such as a floor or a door step, andis provided with a drawer, which is'to receive the dirt falling from the shoe brush, supported by the stand, and to receive the drainage from the umbrellas.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of a shoe cleaner embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

The stand or holder is of a unitary construction, being cast or of sheet metal, and comprises parallel side walls 20, having means such as perforated ears 19 adapted to be attached by screws to a flat uppport S, and

a curved transverse end wall 21 connecting the holder.

The lower edge of the side portions 20 constitute guides between which a drawer 22 is adapted to slide upon the support S, and to receive dirt falling from a brush adapted to be received and supported by the stand at a suitable height above the drawer. The in-' ward movement of the drawer is limited by the end wall 21. However, it is freely movable in the drawer-way and readily removable therefrom. A traverse partition wall 21, preferably of a curved formation, is provided between the walls 20 at a relatively short distance from the end wall 21 and has its lower-edge terminating above the drawer way, as is clear'from Fig. 2. To support a shoebleaning brush, I provide the side. walls 20 of the holder with inwardly projecting horizontal flanges 23, and the partition '21" the holder and vertical flanges 25.

' level and at a suitable distance 'above the drawer-way, asshown by Figs. 2 and 3. The flanges 23 and 24 may be-in practice, parts of a single U-shaped flange, although it is obvious that they may be made separate from each other. The said flanges are narrow, so that they do not obstructthe dirt falling: from the brush into the drawer 22. The side walls 20 are provided with inwardly projecting vertical 'fian'ges25, which are arranged to abut against the outer ends of the sides 12 and the bottom 141' of the brush. The upper portions of the side and end walls 20 and21, and theflanges 23, 2 1 and 25 constitute a brush receptacle adapted to removably hold the brush, andprevent horizontal displacement thereof in any direction, said receptacle having a dirt-releasing bottom formed by the flanges 23 and 2st. The frame or holder is bottomless, so that the drawer is supported by and movable on the support S.

The invention further includes a substantially horizontal plate or ledge 27 provided between the walls 20, 21, and 21" adjacent the upper edgesof the same and supported thereby. The plate 27 has sockets 28 there.

in, each adapted to receive the tip 29 of an umbrella and to hold the latter in avertical position, so that it may drain into the drawer 22 which projects under the plate 27 and the tips of the umbrellas may rest on the bottom thereof as shown by Fig. 2. Any desired means may be provided for permitting drainage of the plate 27.' In the drawing the sockets 28 are shown as formed with grooves 30 and the plate is provided dirt passes from the brush to thedrawer 22 below.

When the brush is in place, its closed end i 13 bears against the end wall 21 of the holder, its bottom portion rests on the flanges 23 and 24, andthe ends of itsside portions 12 abut-against the side wall 20 of The brush is therefore supported against sidewise and endwise displacement and'may be readily lifted from the holder.

I prefer to provide the holder with a transverse web or plate 26, constituting a scraper which is spaced from the vertical flanges sufliciently to permit dirt dislodged from a shoe bottom to fall into the drawer 22. The drawer is of such length that its outer end projects outwardly from the scra'per, as shown by Fig. 2, and is adapted to receive dirt falling from the outer side of the scraper.

. The drawer may be provided with a handle 32 to facilitate its manipulation.

Cross bars 33, Figs. 2 and 3, may be provided between the flanges 23, to additionally support the bottom portion 14: of the brush.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, an article stand of a unit construction, comprising a frame provided with parallel side walls and one end wall, the other end being open the lower portion of the side walls forming a drawer-way, means within the frame for supporting a brush above the drawer-way and permitting communication to the latter, and a partition wall spaced from the end wall and terminating above the drawerway, said end wall and said partition being connected by a perforated top member.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an article stand of a unit construction, comprising a frame provided with parallel side walls and one end wall, the other end being open; the lower portion of the side walls forming a drawer-way, means within the frame for supporting a brush above the drawer-way and permitting communication to the latter, and a partition wall spaced from the end wall and terminating above the drawer-way, said end wall and said partition being connected by a perforated top member, and a drawer slidable in said drawer-way and having its inward move-' MAX COHEN. 

